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JKBelieve Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
A question about 'time'
I found this sentence in an article and found it very strange...
'Time was you could tell the urban refugees in places like this: corporate achievers who quit the rat race to open a bed and breakfast or a candle shop.'
the highlighted parts are confusing me especially the whole 'time was...' thing
Thanx ^^
'Time was you could tell the urban refugees in places like this: corporate achievers who quit the rat race to open a bed and breakfast or a candle shop.'
the highlighted parts are confusing me especially the whole 'time was...' thing
Thanx ^^
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It is usually followed by a comma, I think: Time was, you could tell ... w=rat+race&ls=a ]DICTIONARY[/url].
- It is usually followed by a comma, I think: Time was, you could tell ...
- w=rat+race&ls=a ]DICTIONARY[/url].
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It is usually followed by a comma, I think: Time was, you could tell... It is idiomatic, a reduced form of 'There was a time that', meaning 'once in the past'/
Rat race is in the [url=http://www.onelook.com/?w=rat+race&ls=a]DICTIONARY[/url].
Rat race is in the [url=http://www.onelook.com/?w=rat+race&ls=a]DICTIONARY[/url].
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JKBelieveI found this sentence in an article and found it very strange...
'Time was you could tell the urban refugees in places like this: corporate achievers who quit the rat race to open a bed and breakfast or a candle shop.'
the highlighted parts are confusing me especially the whole 'time was...' thing
Thanx ^^
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